Wiktionary:Foreign Word of the Day/2023/March

This is the March archive of the Foreign Word of the Day for the year of 2023.

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Foreign word of the day  in Thai
ส้มหล่น • (sôm-lòn) noun (slang, idiom) windfall: unexpected gain, fortune, or the like (literally, “dropped orange”)
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Foreign word of the day  in French
galimatias noun nonsense, gobbledygook, galimatias
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Foreign word of the day  in Polish
betonoza noun (derogatory, neologism) overuse of concrete in a public space
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Foreign word of the day  in Ancient Greek
πᾰρεμβολή • (parembolḗ) noun insertion, interpolation (grammar) parenthesis; interjection drawing up in battle-order company of soldiers encampment (in boxing and wrestling, with βάλλειν (bállein)) move where one trips an opponent by a twist of the leg
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Foreign word of the day  in Gothic
𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 • (warmjan) verb to warm (to make or keep warm) to cherish (to treat with affection, nurture with care)
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Foreign word of the day  in Japanese
未だ • (mada) adjective unfinished; not done somewhat better or superior
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Foreign word of the day  in Old Irish
léir adjective assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous (later) visible, perceptible
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Foreign word of the day  in Slovene
bráti verb (transitive) to read (look at and interpret letters or other information) (transitive) to recognize feelings from a face (transitive, rare) to guess, to tell (fortune) (transitive, archaic, chiefly eastern dialects) to gather, to pick (transitive, usually in imperative mood) to understand as (intransitive, reflexive, slang) to keep in touch, usually by messages (obsolete) to cost, to consume, to need
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Foreign word of the day  in Sanskrit
गलगण्ड • (galagaṇḍa) noun (pathology) goitre
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Foreign word of the day  in German
den Löffel abgeben verb (informal) to die; to bite the dust; to kick the bucket
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Foreign word of the day  in Finnish
yllytyshullu noun person that is easily incited to do something (often harmful or otherwise unusual)
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Foreign word of the day  in Spanish
zasca noun, interjection (noun, colloquial, Spain) rebuttal, smackdown, clapback (bazinga) (noun, colloquial, Spain) smack, whack (sound of a heavy strike) (interjection, Spain) bosh, bash (imitation of a hit) (interjection, colloquial, Spain) bazinga
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Foreign word of the day  in Azerbaijani
batmaq verb (intransitive) to sink (intransitive) to set (of the sun) (intransitive, colloquial) to go bankrupt (intransitive) to become dirty
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Foreign word of the day  in Chinese
carry verb (Hong Kong Cantonese, in group work) to contribute disproportionately; to contribute for others (Hong Kong Cantonese) to master; to be suited for (clothing, hairstyle or fashionable items) (Hong Kong Cantonese) to master; to handle well; to have to ability of doing something (songs, talents or skills)
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Foreign word of the day  in Italian
iresione noun a laurel (or olive) branch, bound in wool bandages, to which first fruits offered to the gods were hung a kind of beggar song, whose paternity is ascribed to Homer
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Foreign word of the day  in Jamaican Creole
higgler noun higgler, street vendor
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Foreign word of the day  in Russian
уда́вленина • (udávlenina) noun (archaic, biblical) flesh of a strangled animal
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Foreign word of the day  in Albanian
qerth noun small, round kneading board (regional, Gheg) hoop, circle, ring
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Foreign word of the day  in Vietnamese
gió táp mưa sa phrase continuous difficulties and disaster (literally, “the wind beats, the rain comes down”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Dutch
gaan met die banaan interjection (colloquial, Netherlands) go on, get going (commence), go ahead (literally, “go with that banana”)
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Foreign word of the day  in Hindi
तान • (tān) noun (Hindustani classical music) taan: a kind of singing technique (music) tone; sound, note stretching; tension, tautness
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Foreign word of the day  in Catalan
llampegadissa noun A series of lightning flashes.
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Foreign word of the day  in Arabic
تِلِّيس • (tillīs) noun (obsolete) sackcloth, horsecloth, rough covering, blanket, tapis sack, pouch
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Foreign word of the day  in Ye'kwana
kanaimö noun person turned into a monstrous or animal form and seized with a murderous rage the practices, mode of killing, magic, etc. used by such a person
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Foreign word of the day  in Bengali
তৃণমূল • (trinômul) adjective grassroots
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Foreign word of the day  in Portuguese
rolezinho noun short walk (Brazil, neologism, slang) a type of flash mob
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